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Shabbat Zachor and Parasha Vayikra (And He Called): Drawing Close to God with the Blood of the Lamb

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This is Shabbat Zachor (Sabbath of Remembrance), as it falls before Purim, when we remember the attack of Amalek on the Israelites when they came out of Egypt, the forefathers of Haman in the Book of Esther. While it may seem odd to remember an attack that happened so long ago, God commanded the Jewish People to wipe them out and never forget them.

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